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FRACAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fracas mean?
• FRACAS (noun)
The noun FRACAS has 1 sense:
1. noisy quarrel
Familiarity information: FRACAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Noisy quarrel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
affray; altercation; fracas
Hypernyms ("fracas" is a kind of...):
dustup; quarrel; row; run-in; words; wrangle (an angry dispute)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fracas"):
batrachomyomachia (a silly altercation)
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